So far, the Iraqi generals have seen the easygoing, sentimental and fair-minded parts of our personality. But rumor has it that the Marines are developing itchy trigger fingers as revenge for their fallen brothers fill their hearts. Our pilots are getting tired of blowing up empty buildings in Baghdad. Our line generals, just about finished making friends, are looking forward to giving the orders to start influencing (Iraqi) people. And Americans from sea to shining sea have visions of daisycutters dancing in our heads.
Americans are fair, and more than fair. We will even accept a few unnecessary casualties to give the other side time to do the right thing. We understand the need to have as many Iraqis friendly when the shooting stops.
But even more importantly, we understand that if Saddam and his gang are still on their feet when the shooting stops, all the goodwill of the Iraqi people would be worth nothing. And expending the lives of American soldiers in order to save the lives of Iraqi civilians is not a transaction Americans will look on kindly for long.
Woe betide the American president who is not prepared to be as murderously ruthless as the American people when we are finished being easygoing, sentimental and fair-minded.
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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The first modern practishioner of this misapprehension was Osama ben Laden, and we all suspect he's taking a long dirt nap somewhere, but he really wasn't the first...
Go ask the "Thousand-Year Reich" or the "Greater Southeast Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" what happens when you kick the American Eagle...
Can't find any members of those groups? Funny, I seem to recall that we simply annihilated them...
worth remembering BUMP
Yup, that's us!
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